Jambalaya With A Twist Food

QUICK JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Cut sausage into 1/2-inch slices. Melt butter in a 5 to 6-quart pan over medium-high heat. Add sausage, onion, red bell pepper, green bell pepper and garlic; cook, stirring occasionally, 5 minutes or until vegetables are soft and sausage is lightly browned.
• Stir in tomatoes, pepper sauce, black pepper, crushed red pepper flakes and salt to taste. Bring to a boil; add shrimp. Cook 3 minutes or until shrimp are cooked and opaque in center.
• Gently stir in hot rice and cook 3-5 minutes or until heated through.

THE CAPTAIN'S FAMOUS JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a large saucepan over medium heat, melt butter. Mix in flour, and whisk constantly 2 to 3 minutes, until a thick paste-like roux has formed.
• Stir file powder, garlic, green onions, onions and green bell pepper into the roux. Cook and stir until tender, about 10 minutes. Stir tomatoes into the mixture. Season mixture with black pepper, cayenne pepper, allspice, cloves, salt and bay leaf. Cook, stirring occasionally, until the mixture is well blended, 10 to 15 minutes.
• Pour in mushroom broth, and mix in rice. Increase amount of broth to cover all ingredients, if necessary. Bring to a boil, and mix in snapper. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 1 hour, or until rice is tender.

JAMBALAYA WITH A TWIST

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and add the shucked oysters. Cook over low heat until the edges begin to curl.
• Remove the oysters from the pan and refrigerate until needed.
• In the same frying pan cook the onions, shallot, garlic and peppers for 2 - 3 minutes on low.
• Next add the shrimp and cook until the shrimp turns pink. Add a little more olive oil if necessary.
• You will also remove the shrimp from the pan and refrigerate along with the oysters until needed.
• Bring the pan up to medium heat, add the rice, stirring constantly until the rice browns.
• Next add the tomatoes, broth, bay leaf, thyme, sea salt, pepper and sugar and bring to a boil.
• Cover and simmer on low heat until all the liquid has been absorbed.
• Add the oysters and shrimps back into the rice and heat thru, stirring gently.
• Garnish with the minced parsley.

FORGOTTEN JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• In a 5-qt. slow cooker, combine the tomatoes, broth and tomato paste. Stir in the celery, green peppers, onion, garlic, seasonings and pepper sauce. Stir in chicken and sausage. , Cover and cook on low for 4-6 hours or until chicken is no longer pink. Stir in shrimp. Cover and cook 15-30 minutes longer or until shrimp turn pink. Serve with rice. Freeze option: Place individual portions of cooled stew in freezer containers and freeze. To use, partially thaw in refrigerator overnight. Heat through in a saucepan, stirring occasionally and adding a little water if necessary.

JAMBALAYA IN A JIFFY

Steps:

• Heat olive oil in a large, deep skillet over medium heat; cook and stir onion and green bell pepper in the hot oil until tender, 5 to 8 minutes. Stir garlic into vegetables and cook until fragrant and softened, about 2 minutes.
• Stir kielbasa sausage, tomatoes with juice, water, paprika, oregano, thyme, and hot sauce into onion mixture, bring to a boil, and stir in orzo. Reduce heat to low, cover, and simmer until orzo are tender, about 10 minutes.

JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Use oil to cook meats starting with chicken (cook fully), then sausage, last shrimp.
• Cook until shrimp is almost pink and season with chili pepper, black pepper and chopped veggies.
• Follow directions on back of Zatarain's box, mix in stewed tomatoes.
• Cook until rice is tender.

JAMBALAYA, WITH THANKS TO POL MARTIN

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350F/180C (Only if you follow instructions for cooking in oven).
• Cook bacon in large pan over medium heat. Remove from pan and set aside.
• Add onion and garlic to hot pan. Cook 8 minutes over low heat, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in tomatoes, fennel and thyme. Cook 5 minutes.
• Add rice, chicken stock, ham and cooked bacon. Mix well and bring to boil. Cover and cook for 15 minutes in oven.
• (I did not cook this in the oven, I covered the pan, turned down the heat to medium for a gentle simmer, and allowed it to continue simmering on top of the stove).
• Add shrimp and peppers to pan. Mix and add hot pepper sauce. Cover and return to oven (or continue on top of stove), continue cooking for 8 - 10 minutes.

PIEROGIES JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Remove casings from sausage. Cook sausage in a 12 inch skillet over medium-high heat until lightly browned on all sides, stirring occasionally. With a slotted spoon, remove to bowl.
• Add oil to drippings remaining in skillet; cover over medium heat. Add celery, green bell pepper, onion, and garlic; cook until just tender, about 5 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in tomatoes with their liquid, salt, and Tabasco sauce. Heat to boiling over high heat. Reduce heat to low; cover and simmer 15 minutes.
• Stir in okra; simmer 5 minutes longer or until okra is tender, stirring occasionally.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Bake pierogies as box directed, 16 to 18 minutes. Stir in pierogies into sausage mixture. Sprinkle with chopped parsley.
• Makes 4 servings.

MY JAMBALAYA

Steps:

• Heat olive oil and butter together in a large saucepan over medium heat; cook and stir sausage and onion until onion starts to brown, about 10 minutes. Add garlic; cook and stir until fragrant, 1 to 2 minutes.
• Mix green bell peppers, zucchini, tomatoes, chicken broth, rice, Worcestershire sauce, and bay leaf into onion-sausage mixture; bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer until rice is tender and mixture is thickened, about 15 minutes.
• Stir chicken and shrimp into tomato-sausage mixture; simmer until chicken and shrimp are heated through, 1 to 2 minutes.